Cooking from scratch can pay dividends

3:06 AM,
Mar. 24, 2013

Written by

Trish Mumme

It's common knowledge that a college education, although expensive, pays dividends during the course of your lifetime by increasing your earning power. Much less is said of the value of learning to cook.

"I don't cook" is a phrase hear a lot these days. With supermarkets bursting with prepared convenience foods that you just have to heat up, one can eat reasonably well without actually cooking. But learning to cook from scratch is an investment that pays dividends during the long haul. Even if you never will be a professional chef, you will eat two or three meals per day for the rest of your life. ...